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Field Activity Details for field activity 2012-011-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mary Carman, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Dann Blackwood

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Species ID, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sea floor video/photo habitat survey to document extent of invasive tunicates on eelgrass.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Falmouth MA

End Port/Location: Falmouth MA

Start Date: 2012-03-12

End Date: 2012-03-12

Equipment Used: SeaBOSS, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived: Habitat maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 60 minutes of bottom video, 828 photos. First field test of new SeaBOS GP (Sea Bottom Observation System with Go Pro Camera).

Staff: Dann Blackwood

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Project = Sea & Lake/Data off Cape Cod,

Location:

Lake Tashmoo, Marthas Vineyard, Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Boundaries
North: 41.53333 South: 41.43333 West: -70.7 East: -70.61667

Platform(s):


Carolina Skiff

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
GPS (wh) --- Navigation

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